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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · 4d

Republican Legislators Fail to Pass Spending Bill for Fifth Time Despite Holding a Majority Vote.

#senate #house #GOP #republicans #congress #maga #trump #mikejohnson #politics #usgov #uspol #polhub #spendingbill #legislation #bluesky #bluecrew #bluestorm #midterms #impeach47 #whitehouse

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NPR @npr.org · 4h

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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CNN @cnn.com · 4h

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2h

In an unusual acknowledgement, the Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 2h

Trump is continuing to target Social Security with sneak attacks, aimed at weakening the program. Even though the attacks aren’t easy to spot, Trump is still hell-bent on trying to destroy Social Security. From Robert Kuttner:

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More Sneak Attacks on Social Security

Today on TAP: It's hard to kill America's most loved program outright—so Trump is strangling it by stealth.

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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · 13h

Trump’s “America First” Agenda….

#trump #golfcourse #Qatar #maga #gop #usgov #impeach47 #uspol #polhub #politics #bluesky #midterms #draintheswamp

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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · 16h

Newsom calls AG Bondi “Pedophile Protector” for refusing to answer questions about Epstein files.

#Bondi #AG #epstein #trump #politics #bluesky

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NPR @npr.org · 21h

JUST IN: The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. It’s not clear how many workers are affected.

White House says 'substantial' layoffs of federal workers have begun, with few details

The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. It’s not clear how many workers are affected.

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CNN @cnn.com · 20h

A deadly measles outbreak in Texas ended in August, but outbreaks in other parts of the United States continue to add hundreds of new measles cases to this year's record national total. https://cnn.it/3IRLppY

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19h

The stock market slumped to its worst one-day showing since tariffs roiled markets in April, as President Trump threatened to impose more tariffs on Chinese imports.

S&P and Nasdaq Slump as Stocks Fall on Trump China Tariff Threat

The S&P 500 slumped more than 2 percent for the first time in six months, rattling investors after a long stretch of gains.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19h

President Trump is considering a triumphal arch at Memorial Circle in D.C. for America’s 250th anniversary.

It would represent Trump’s most audacious effort to remake the landscape of D.C.

Trump eyes a triumphal arch to mark America’s 250th anniversary

The arch would be constructed across from the Lincoln Memorial, on a small patch of federal land currently occupied by a traffic circle.

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CNN @cnn.com · 17h

Persistent worries about the higher cost of living and few job opportunities pushed consumer sentiment down to its seventh-lowest level in October, on records going back to 1952. https://cnn.it/3KLWlpC

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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · 16h

Trump tanks stock market today with threats of escalating trade war with China.

#trump #China #tariffs #tradewar #stocks #nasdaq #dow #sp500 #economy #usgov #whitehouse #impeach47 #epsteinfiles #politics #polhub #bluecrew #bluewave #bluewAve #midterms

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

President Trump “is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher bills as a result,” the editorial board writes.

Opinion | The Trump Bump on Your Energy Bills

The president is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher bills as a result.

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CNN @cnn.com · 2d

Most of the American public does not approve of the way Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running the nation’s health agencies, according to a new KFF poll, and there’s an erosion of trust in reliable vaccine information from the federal government in particular.

Trust in federal health leadership is failing under RFK Jr., new poll finds | CNN

Most of the American public does not approve of the way Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running the nation’s health agencies, according to a new KFF poll, and there’s erosion of trust in reliable vaccine inf...

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 1d

Right-wing figures have called on Trump to use the law — allowing the military to be used for domestic law enforcement — in response to various demonstrations since at least as far back as 2020.

Right-wing media are calling for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act

President Donald Trump recently suggested he may be willing to invoke the Insurrection Act as protests continue in Chicago and Portland against Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity and deploym...

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 2d

"It is funny to watch Trump be a Fox News producer... We look at the news and you see Trump is holding an antifa roundtable at the White House, and you just say thank you”

Jesse Watters thanks Donald Trump for using the government to give Fox News content

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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · 2d

Never give up. #Resist #StrongerTogether

#usgov #whitehouse #midterms #polhub #politics #impeach47 #bluesky #megaboost

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This Bitch Resists @liberalantitheist.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed.
The time has come for the fall of the Trump fascist regime, and it's up to US to make it happen.
Join us!
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 2d

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 4d

My constituents want me to get to work but House Republicans are more concerned about protecting the Epstein files.

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Elected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition

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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking: Kristi Noem & Trump hot on the trail of “antifa” “founder”. 🤦🏼

#antifa #noem #trump #dhs #usgov #fascism #politics #uspol #bluesky #bluewave #bluecrew #draintheswamp #impeach47

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 2d

Some right-wing figures have urged stronger responses against protesters, suggesting the use of “lethal force” or “actual ammo”

As Trump sends the National Guard into US cities, right-wing media celebrate and call protests “an insurrection”

Right-wing media and right-leaning online show hosts have rallied behind President Donald Trump’s attempts to deploy the National Guard to Chicago and Portland, suggesting the Democrat-run cities are ...

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 2d

Trump is taking money from universities that enroll large numbers of Latino students and funneling it to high-profile HBCUs. It’s a cynical ploy designed to divide marginalized communities. From Naomi Bethune: trib.al/YjYbSmg

Competing for Crumbs

While adding funding for historically Black colleges and universities, Trump’s Education Department is simultaneously cutting funding to colleges that primarily serve minorities.

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

A new draft White House memo suggests a 2019 law signed by President Trump that guarantees federal employees get paid after a shutdown ends would not apply to furloughed workers.

White House floats no back pay for some furloughed federal workers despite 2019 law

A new draft White House memo suggests a 2019 law signed by President Trump that guarantees federal employees get paid after a shutdown ends would not apply to furloughed workers.

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 3d

Anyone anywhere can quietly bankroll Trump via his “memecoin,” writes @cjcmichel.bsky.social. We’ve never seen a White House so saturated in foreign lobbying and foreign money.

Trump Opens the White House Doors to Foreign Regimes and Their Dirty Money

Lobbyists for foreign countries have long helped other governments influence US policy, but nothing compares to the brazen corruption of the second administration of Trump.

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